Chapter 20

Blood Relation
Introduction
Problems of this type involve analysis of certain blood
relations and then inferring on the basis of the given
informations. Some examples of such questions are given
below that will better illustrate our point:
Ex. 1: Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said,
His brot her s f at her is t he only son of my
grandfather. How is the woman related to the
man in the photograph?
1) Mother
2) Aunt
3) Sister
4) Daughter
5) Grandmother
Soln.: For such type of questions, it is best to backtrack, ie start with the last information and
proceed backward for example, if it is given that
he is the son of the mother of my grandfathers
daught er , then we pr oceed wit h the last
infor mat ion:
gr andf at her s
daught er .
Grandfathers daughter means aunt (sister of
father). Now, mother of my grandfathers daughter
becomes mother of my aunt. Mother of my aunt
is my grandmother. Hence, he is the son of the
mother of my grandfathers daughter become son
of my grandmother which is either father or
uncle.
Now, solve the given example,
His brothers father is only son of my grandfather
His brothers father is my father (since only
son of my grandfather = my father). Now, his
brothers father is my father
His brother is my brother
He is my brother.
Hence, woman is the sister of the man in the
photograph. Hence (3) is the correct answer.

Now consider another example,

Ex. 2: Nandini is the only daughter of Madans sister
Sangitas br other . How is Nandini related to
Madan?
1) Daughter
2) Niece
3) Cousin
4) Niece or Daughter
5) None of these
Soln.: Nandini = the only daughter of Madans sister
Sangitas brother
= the only daughter of Madan/Madans
brother
= Madans daughter/niece
Hence (4) is the correct answer.
Ex. 3: M is brother of K. T is sister of M. J is brother of
T. H is father of J. How is K related to H?
1) Niece
2) Son
3) Brother
4) Sister
5) Data Inadequate
Soln.: To solve such types of questions, we need to draw
a family tree diagram. We have already discussed,
in det ail in ear lier chapters, ( Puzzle and
Coded Relationship) about What is family
tree? and How to draw the family tree for the
given relationship-string?. Let us draw family
tree on the basis of the information given in the
above question, we have,
H(+)
|
(+)J T() M(+) K (?)
Obviously, sex of K is not known. Therefore, K
is either son or daughter of H. Hence option (5),
ie Data inadequate is the correct answer.

Exercise1
1.

2.

3.

Pointing to a man in a photograph, Leesha said, his

mothers only daughter is my mother. How is Leesha
related to that man?
1) Nephew
2) Sister
3) Wife
4) Niece
5) Granddaugher
Pointing to a photograph of a man, Neha said, He
has no, sisters or daughters, but his mother is the
only daughter of my mother. How is the man in the
photograph related to Nehas mother?
1) Brother-in-Law
2) Grandson
3) Nephew
4) Cant be determined
5) None of these
Mr X shows three photographs to Mr Y. Pointing
towards phot ograph 1, he says, The person in
photograph 1 is my uncle, who says uncle to the
per son in photogr aph 2, and t he per son in
phot ogr aph 3 is called uncle by t he person in

4.

5.

photograph 2. How is Mr X related to the person in

photograph 2?
1) Grandson
2) Granddaughter
3) Greatgrandson
4) Either 1 or 2
5) None of these
A man pointing to a photograph says, The man is
my nephews maternal grandfather. How is the
person in the photograph related to his brother who
has no other sibling?
1) Brother-in-law
2) Father
3) Father-in-law
4) Cant say
5) None of these
Pointing to a man in the photograph, another man
says: He is the father of the husband of the only
daughter of my grandfathers only son. How is the
man in the photograph related to the man (who
speaks)?

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15.

Verbal Reasoning (Commonsense Reasoning)

1) Grandfather
2) Uncle
3) Brother-in-law
4) Father
5) None of these
Pointing to a boy, Purnima says, He is the only son
of the sister of my brother. How is the boy related to
Purnima?
1) Cant be determined
2) Son
3) Nephew
4) Brother
5) None of these
Pointing to Priti, father of Rishu says, She is the
daughter of the daughter of the wife of the only son
of the grandfather of my sister. How is Sushama
related to Priti if Sushama is the sister of Rishus
father?
1) Cant say
2) Mother
3) Aunt
4) Niece
5) None of these
Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says,
She is the mother-in-law of the husband of the only
granddaughter of my own mother-in-law. How is
the woman related to the man?
1) daughter
2) wife
3) sister-in-law
4) Niece
5) daughter-in-law
Introducing a man, a woman says, His wife is the
only daughter of my father. How is the man related
to the woman?
1) Brother
2) Father-in-law
3) Maternal uncle
4) Paternal uncle
5) None of these
Pointing towards a girl, a teacher said, She is the
only daughter of the only son of the wife of the fatherin-law of my wife. How is the girl related with the
teacher?
1) Daughter
2) Niece
3) Sister
4) Daughter-in-law
5) None of these
Two persons were quarrelling over their relationship
with a man in a photo. One was saying that the man
was his grandfather, and another was also saying
the same. But they were not brothers. What was the
relationship between them?
1) Brother and sister
2) One of them was lying
3) Cousins
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
Pointing to Kedar, Veena said, His mothers brother
is the father of my son Nitin. How is Kedar related
to Veena?
1) Niece
2) Aunt
3) Nephew
4) Sister-in-law 5) None of these
Pointing to a photograph, a man said to a woman,
She is one of the sisters of the son of the only son
of your grandfather. If the woman in the photograph
is the sister of the son of the mans father-in-law,
then how is the man related to the woman (with
whom the man was talking)?
1) Husband
2) Brother
3) Brother-in-law
4) Either 1) or 3) 5) None of these
Pointing towards a photograph, Raju said, His sister
is the mother of Vinay, the son of my brother. How
is Raju is related to Vinay? Raju is the father of Alok.
1) Brother
2) Uncle
3) Nephew
4) Brother-in-law
5) None of these
A man, pointing to a photograph, says, The lady in
t he phot ograph is my nephews mat ernal
grandmother. How is the lady in the photograph
related to the mans sister who has no other sister?

K KUNDAN

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1) Sister-in-law
2) Mother-in-law
3) Mother
4) Cousin
5) Data inadequate
Pointing to a photograph, Y says, He is the only
brother of the only daughter of my sisters maternal
grandmother. Pointing to another photograph, X
says, he is the only brother of the only daughter of
my sisters maternal grandmother. If among the two
photographs, one was either of Mr X or Mr Y, and
the photograph, towards which Y was pointing, was
not of Mr X, then how is Y related to Mr X?
1) grandfather
2) paternal uncle
3) maternal uncle
4) Cant say
5) None of these
Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says,
She is the mother-in-law of the sister-in-law of the
only sister of my son. How is the woman related to
the man?
1) sister
2) sister-in-law
3) mother
4) wife
5) Cant say
Pointing to a man, Radhika said, His sister is my
daughters brothers mother. How is the man related
to Radhika?
1) Brother
2) Father
3) Uncle
4) Grandfather 5) Cousin
Pointing to a photograph, Shanti said, She is the
mother of my brothers uncles son. How is Shanti
related to the person in the photograph?
1) aunt
2) niece
3) mother
4) daughter
5) None of these
Pointing to a person in a photograph, a lady said,
Her sister is the daughter of my father s sons
mother. How is the person related to the lady?
1) Aunt
2) Cousin
3) Sister
4) Mother
5) Cant be determined
Pointing to a man in the photograph Sheela said
His fathers only daughter is sister of my father.
How is sheela related to that man?
1) Wife
2) Sister
3) Niece
4) Daughter
5) Either Niece or Daughter
Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Rajesh said,
she is my grandfathers only sons mother. How is
the women related to Rajesh?
1) Daughter
2) Sister
3) Mother
4) Grandmother 5) Aunt
Pointing to a photograph, a woman says, This mans
sons sister is my mother. How is the woman related
to the man in the photograph?
1) Daughter
2) Mother
3) Granddaughter
4) Mother-in-law
5) None of these
A man pointing to a lady says, Her brother is the
father of my only sons sister. How is that lady
related to the man?
1) Daughter
2) Sister
3) Granddaughter
4) Niece
5) None of these
Pointing towards a person in a photograph, Anita
said, He is the only son of the father of my sisters
brother. How is that person related to Anita?
1) Father
2) Cousin
3) Maternal Uncle
4) Brother
5) None of these
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says:
She is the only daughter of the only daughter of my

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brother-in-laws father. How is the woman related

to the man?
1) wife
2) mother
3) daughter
4) niece
5) Cant say
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says:
She is the mother of my sons only daughter. How is
the woman related to the man in the photograph?
1) daughter
2) wife
3) mother
4) daughter-in-law
5) Cant say
Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says: He
is the father of the only grandson of my father-inlaw. How is the man related to the woman?
1) Husband
2) Brother
3) Son
4) Nephew
5) Brother-in-law
Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says.
He is the only son of the only daughter-in-law of my
only sons father. How is the man related to the
woman?
1) Son
2) Father
3) Son-in-law
4) Grandson
5) Cant say
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says,
She is the only daughter of my fathers only daughterin-law. How is the woman related to the man?
1) wife
2) daughter
3) daughter-in-law
4) sister
5) sister-in-law
Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says:
He is the father of my only daughter-in-laws fatherin-law. What is the man to the woman?
1) Father
2) Brother
3) Husband
4) Brother-in-law
5) Father-in-law
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says:
She is the only daughter of my wifes mother-inlaw. How is the woman related to the man?
1) Daughter
2) Wife
3) Sister
4) Sister-in-law
5) Mother-in-law
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says:
She is the only daughter of my fathers mother-inlaw. How is the woman related to the man?
1) daughter
2) mother
3) daughter-in-law
4) mother-in-law
5) None of these
Pointing to a photograph a woman says: He is the
brother of the daughter of my mother-in-laws only
son. How is the man related to the woman?
1) Son
2) Brother
3) Brother-in-law
4) Nephew
5) Cant be exactly determined
Pointing to a photograph a woman says: He is the
son of the wife of my husbands father. How is the
man related to the woman?
1) son
2) son-in-law
3) brother-in-law
4) brother
5) None of these
Pointing to a man in a photograph a woman says:
He is the f ather -in-law of the wife of t he only
grandson of my own father-in-law. How is the man
related to the woman?
1) son
2) husband
3) cousin
4) nephew
5) son-in-law
Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says
She is the mother-in-law of the wife of the father of
my only son. How is the woman related to the man?

K KUNDAN

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1) daughter
2) wife
3) daughter-in-law
4) sister-in-law
5) None of these
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says:
She is the grandmother of the son of my daughterin-laws mother-in-law. How is the woman related
to the man?
1) mother
2) mother-in-law
3) sister
4) wife
5) sister-in-law
Pointing to a woman in the photograph a man says.
This woman is the wife of the father of my brotherin-law. How is the woman related to the man?
1) mother
2) mother-in-law
3) sister
4) sister-in-law
5) daughter
Pointing to a woman a man says, She is the sisterin-law of the only daughter of my mother-in-laws
husband. How is the woman related to the man?
1) daughter
2) mother
3) sister-in-law
4) daughter-in-law
5) sister
Pointing to a man in the photograph a woman says:
He is the son of my sisters mothers husband. How
is the man related to the woman?
1) Brother
2) Father
3) Uncle
4) Brother-in-law
5) Father-in-law
Pointing to a man in the photograph a woman says:
He is the father of my daughter-in-laws brother-inlaw. How is the man related to the woman?
1) husband
2) brother
3) brother-in-law
4) father
5) father-in-law
Pointing to a woman in a photograph, a man says,
She is the mother of my daughter-in-laws husbands
only sister. How is the woman related to the man?
1) wife
2) mother
3) sister
4) daughter
5) sister-in-law
Pointing to a woman in a photograph a man says,
She is the mother of the father of my wifes only
son. How is the woman related to the man in the
question?
1) mother
2) wife
3) daughter-in-law
4) mother-in-law
5) Cant say
Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman says,
He is the only son of the only daughter-in-law of my
only sons father. How is the man related to the
woman?
1) Son
2) Father
3) Son-in-law
4) Grandson
5) Cant say
Pointing to a man, a woman says: He is the brotherin-law of t he only son-in-law of my mot hers
husband. How is the man related to the woman?
1) brother
2) husband
3) brother-in-law
4) son
5) son-in-law
Pointing to a person a man said; This man is the
son of my brother-in-laws fathers only daughter.
How is the man related to the speaker?
1) Son
2) Father
3) Brother
4) Brother-in-law
5) None of these
Showing a photograph Rajeev told Shweta. His
mother is the only daughter of your father. How
was Shweta related to the man in the photograph?

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57.

Verbal Reasoning (Commonsense Reasoning)

1) Aunt
2) Mother
3) Wife
4) Daughter
5) None of these
Pointing to a photograph, a man said, She is the
daughter of my grandfathers only son. How is the
woman related to the man?
1) Mother
2) Daughter]
3) Sister
4) Sister-in-law
5) None of these
Pointing to a woman, a man says: She is the mother
of my son-in-laws brothers only sister-in-law. How
is the woman related to the man?
1) mother
2) wife
3) sister
4) mother-in-law 5) sister-in-law
Pointing to a lady a man said, her mothers husbands
sister in my aunt. How is the lady related to the
man?
1) Mother
2) Sister
3) Aunt
4) Daughter
5) Granddaughter
Pointing to Rekha, Anuj said, She is the daughter
of my grandfathers son. How is Rekha related to
Anuj?
1) Aunt
2) Sister
3) Niece
4) Mother
5) Sister-in-law
Pointing to a lady in the photograph, Dev Anand
said, This woman is my sisters fathers son-in-laws
wife. How is Dev Anand related to the woman?
1) Mother
2) Sister
3) Cant be determined
4) Wife
5) None of these
Pointing to a photograph Monica said, He is the
brother of the son of my grandfathers only daughter.
How is the man related to Monica?
1) brother
2) cousin
3) nephew
4) Cant say
5) None of these
Pointing to a joker, Madhu says, He is the son of my
fathers brothers only sister-in-law. How is the joker
related to Madhu?
1) Son
2) Brother
3) Cousin
4) Uncle
5) None of these
Pointing to a photograph Arun said, She is the mother
of my brothers sons wifes daughter. How is Arun
related to the lady?
1) cousin
2) aunt
3) daughter-in-law
4) uncle
5) None of these
Pointing to a man, Rohit recalled, He is the son of
the mother of the father of my daughter. How is
Rohit related to the man?
1) cousin
2) brother
3) nephew
4) uncle
5) son

58. Pointing to a person Rohit said He is the younger of

the two brothers of the daughter of my fathers wife.
How is the person related to Rohit?
1) nephew
2) son
3) uncle
4) brother
5) father
59. Pointing to a woman, Anil said, She is the daughter
of my grandfathers only sons wife. How is Anil
related to that girl?
1) Brother
2) cousin
3) Father
4) Uncle
5) Husband
60. Pointing to a boy in a photograph, Akhil says, He is
the son of my mothers only son. How is Akhil related
to that boy?
1) Uncle
2) Brother
3) Father
4) Cousin
5) None of these
61. Pointing to a boy, Meena says, He is the son of my
grandfathers only son. How is the boys mother
related to Meena?
1) Mother
2) Aunt
3) Sister
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
62. Pointing to Kedar, Veena said, His mothers brother
is the father of my son Nitin. How is Kedar related
to Veena?
1) Niece
2) Aunt
3) Nephew
4) Sister-in-law
5) None of these
63. Pointing to a boy, Namrata says, He is the son of my
grandfathers only child. How is the boy related to
Namrata?
1) Brother
2) Cousin
3) Uncle
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
64. Pointing to a girl, Abhishek said, She is daughter of
the only child of my father. How is Abhisheks wife
related to that girl?
1) Daughter
2) Mother
3) Aunt
4) Sister
5) None of these
65. Pointing to a woman, Nirmal said, She is the daughter
of my wifes grandfathers only child. How is the
woman related to Nirmal?
1) Wife
2) Sister-in-law
3) Sister
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
66. Pointing to a girl, Arun said, She is the only daughter
of my grandfathers son. How is the girl related to
Arun?
1) Daughter
2) Sister
3) Cousin Sister
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Exercise2
1.

L is mother-in-law of K, who is mother-in-law of R.

How is the husband of R related to X, who is the
father of P? It is also given that K is the daughter-inlaw of X and P has no brothers or sisters.
1) Grandson
2) Grandfather 3) Son
4) Cant say
5) None of these
2 . If Raju is the son of the wife of the son of the father
of Amrendras father, how is Raju related to Amrendra,
if Rajus grandfather has no granddaughter?
1) Brother
2) Cousin
3) Either 1 or 2
4) Cant say
5) None of these
K KUNDAN

3.

4.

Pankaj is the brother of Rekha. Rekha is the wife of

Rahul. Rahul is the brother of Suman. What is the
relation of Suman to Pankaj?
1) Sister
2) Sister-in-law
3) Brother
4) Brother-in-law
5) No specific relation
Xs mother is the mother-in-law of the father of Z. Z
is the brother of Y while X is the father of M. How is
X related to Z?
1) Paternal uncle
2) Maternal uncle
3) Cousin
4) Grandfather
5) Brother-in-law

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5.

Binods son is the son-in-law of Achyuts father. Rani

is Achyuts only sister. Binod has only one grandson
Pramod. How is Pramod related to Rani?
1) Father
2) Uncle
3) Son
4) Brother
5) Nephews
6.
If A is a brother of B, C is the sister of A, D is the
brother of E, E is the daughter of B, F is the father of
C, who is the uncle of D?
1) A
2) C
3) B
4) None of these
5) Cant be determined
7.
If P is brother of Q and R is sister of Q, then how is
Q related to P?
1) Uncle
2) Father
3) Brother
4) Sister
5) Cant be determined
8.
A said to B that Bs mother was the mother-in-law of
As mother. How is As mother related to Bs mother?
1) Daughter-in-law
2) Mother-in-law
3) Sister
4) Aunt
5) Sister-in-law
9.
While going to his office P meets a man Q who is
related to P, because P has R, a son, who is married
to T. T is the daughter of Q. T has daughter A. How
is P related to A?
1) Grandfather
2) Grandmother
3) Uncle
4) Father-in-law
5) None of these
10. Ramesh says that Rekha is the sister-in-law of the
only daughter of my mother-in-laws husband. How
is Rekha related to Ramesh?
1) Sister-in-law
2) Mother
3) Daughter-in-law
4) Sister
5) Daughter
11. A is the brother of B. C is married to D. If C is the
nephew of B, how is A related to D?

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1) father-in-law
2) mother-in-law
3) son-in-law
4) daughter-in-law
5) brother-in-law
Kalyani is mother-in-law of Veena who is Sister-inlaw of Ashok. Dheeraj is father of Sudeep, the only
brother of Ashok. How is Kalyani related to Ashok?
1) Mother-in-law
2) Aunt
3) Wife
4) Cousin
5) None of these
D is brother of K. M is sister of K. T is father of R,
who is brother of M. F is mother of K. At least how
many sons does T and F have?
1) Two
2) Three
3) Four
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
M is sister of D. R is brother of D. F is father of M
and T is mother of R. How is D related to T?
1) Brother
2) Son
3) Daughter
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
K is brother of T. M is mother of K. W is brother of M.
How is W related to T?
1) Maternal uncle
2) Paternal uncle
3) Grandfather
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
M is sister of K. D is brother of K. F is mother of M.
How is K related to F?
1) Son
2) Daughter
3) Son or Daughter
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these
D is brother of B. M is brother of B. K is father of M.
T is wife of K. How is B related to T?
1) Son
2) Daughter
3) Son or Daughter
4) Data inadequate
5) None of these

Answers and explanations

Exercise1
1. 4; Leeshas mother - mans sister, ie, Leesha is mans
niece.
2 . 2; Mans mother is the only daughter of Nehas
mother . Ther ef or e, Nehas mot her is t he
grandmother of man. Hence man is the grandson
of Nehas mother.
3. 5; Mr X is the grandson of the brother of the person
in photograph 2.
4. 3; The man in the photograph is the father-in-law
of the mans brother.
5. 5; Only daughter of ones grandfathers only son
Ones sister. Now father of the husband of ones
sister means father-in-law of ones sister. Hence
None of these is correct choice.
6. 1; If Purnima is the only daughter of her father then
the boy is her son. But, here we do not know the
number of sisters Purnima has.

K KUNDAN

7. 1;
Xs grandfather
Maternal grandmother
of Priti
Mother of Priti
Priti

Father of X

Rishus father (say X)

Rishu

Now, if Sushma is the only sister of X then she

is the mother of Priti, otherwise aunt.
8. 3; The only granddaughter of the mans own motherin-law means the daughter of the mans brother-inlaw.
Now, the daughters husbands mother-in-law
means wife of the mans brother-in-law. Hence,
the woman is mans sister-in-law.

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9. 5; The only daughter of the womans father is the
woman her self . Ther ef or e, t he man is the
husband of the woman.
10. 1; The wife of the father-in-law of the persons wife
the mother of the person.
Now, the only son of the persons mother is the
person himself.
Hence, the girl is the persons only daughter.
11. 4; Here, how many sons and daughters the man in
the photo has is not clear. Therefore we cant
reach a definite conclusion.
12. 3; His mothers brother is the father of my son
= His mothers brother is my husband
= His mother is my husbands sister
= He is the son of my husbands sister
= He is my husbands nephew
13. 4; The son of the only son of womans grandfather
the brother of the woman. Hence the woman
in the photograph is the womans sister or the
woman herself with whom the man is talking.
Again the sister of the son of mans father-inlaw either wife or sister-in-law of the man.
Still we are uncertain that who is the wife of the
man but it is certain that the man is either
husband or brother-in-law of the woman.
14. 2; From the last part it is clear that Raju is male
and Vinay is his nephew, ie Raju is uncle of
Vinay.
15. 5; No specific relation. Because, my nephew implies
either my sisters son or my brothers son.
16. 3; Each was pointing towards photographs of his/
her maternal uncle. Among the two photographs,
one was either of Mr X or Mr Y. It is given that
the photograph, towards which Y was pointing,
is not of Mr X. Obviously, t he photogr aph,
towards which X was pointing is of Mr Y. Hence,
Mr Y is maternal uncle of Mr X.
17. 4; Sister of son = daughter.
Sister-in-law of daughter = daughter-in-law.
Mother-in-law of daughter-in-law = wife.
18. 1; Mans sister = Radhikas daughters brothers
mother = Radhikas sons mother = Radhika
Man = Radhikas brother
19. 2; The per son (she) = mot her of Shant is (my)
brothers uncles son = mother of Shantis uncles
son
= Shantis uncles wife (Since mother of son =
wife)
= Shantis aunt
Shanti = the persons niece.
2 0 . 3; My fathers sons mother = My mother
Daughter of my mother = My sister
Now, the problem boils down to: Her sister = my
sister
So she is either the ladys sister or the lady
herself.
21. 5; The man in the picture can be her father or uncle,
so she is either niece or daughter of the man.
2 2 . 4; Rajesh said she is my grandfathers only sons
mother
she is my fathers mother
she is my grandmother
23. 3; Woman says, This mans sister is my mother
This mans daughter is my mother
Man is grandfather (from mothers side)
So, woman is granddaughter

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Verbal Reasoning (Commonsense Reasoning)

24. 2; Her brother is the father of my only sons sister
(= daughter)
Her brother is the father of my daughter (=
himself)
Her brother is himself
the lady in picture is her sister
25. 4; He is the only son of the father of my sisters
brother (= brother)
He is the only son of the father of my brother
(= father)
He is the only son of my father (= brother)
26. 3; Daughter of daughter of brother-in-laws father =
daughter of daughter of father-in-law = daughter
of wife = daughter.
27. 4; mother of sons daughter = sons wife = daughterin-law
28. 1; Grandson of my father-in-law = my son
his father = my husband.
29. 4; my only sons father = my husband.
daughter-in-law of husband = daughter-in-law.
only son of daughter-in-law = grandson.
30. 2; Fathers daughter-in-law = wife
daughter of wife = daughter
31. 5; daughter-in-laws father-in-law = husband
husbands father = father-in-law
32. 3; wifes mother-in-law = mother
daughter of mother = sister
33. 2; fathers mother-in-law = grandmother
daughter of grandmother = mother
34. 1; Mother-in-laws only son = husband.
Daughter of husband = daughter.
Brother of daughter = son.
35. 5; Husbands father = father-in-law
wife of father-in-law = mother-in-law
son of mother-in-law = husband.
36. 2; Only grandson of my father-in-law = husband.
Wife of my son = my daughter-in-law.
Fat her-in-law of my daught er -in-law =
husband.
37. 5; She is the mother.
38. 1; daughter-in-laws mother-in-law = wife. Son of
wife = son. Grandmother of son = mother.
39. 2; Father of my brother-in-law = My father-in-law.
Wife of my father-in-law = My mother-in-law.
40. 5; My mother-in-laws husband = My father-in-law.
Only daughter of my father-in-law = Wife.
Sister-in-law of wife = Sister.
41. 1; mothers husband = father,
sisters mothers husband = sisters father = father,
son of father = brother.
42. 1; Daughter-in-laws brother-in-law = son.
Father of son = husband.
43. 1; Husbands only sister = sister in law,
daughter-in-laws sister in law = daughter,
mother of daughter = wife
44. 1; My wifes only son = my son.
Father of my son = myself.
Mother of myself = my mother.
45. 4; my only sons father = my husband.
daughter-in-law of husband = daughter-in-law.
only son of daughter-in-law = grandson.
46. 1; Mothers husband = father.
Only son-in-law of father = husband
Brother-in-law of husband = brother.
47. 1; Fathers only daughter = only sister.
Brother-in-laws only sister = wife
Son of wife = son.

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Blood Relation
48. 2; Only daughter of your (Shwetas) father Shweta
herself. Thus Shweta is the mother of the man
in the photograph.
49. 3; Grandfathers only son father sister.
50. 2; As brothers only sister-in-law = As wife.
Son-in-laws brothers only sister-in-law
= son-in-laws wife = daughter.
mother of daughter = wife.
51. 2; Ladys mothers husband = ladys father, ladys
fathers sister = ladys aunt. As is given, ladys
aunt is mans aunt, therefore, lady is mans sister.
52. 2; Anujs grandfathers only son = Anujs father
Now, Anujs fathers daughter = Anujs sister =
Rekha.
53. 2; Sisters father means father
Fathers son-in-laws wife means sister
Hence Dev Anands sister.
54. 4; Her gr andf athers only daughter may be her
mother or aunt.
55. 2; Brothers only sister-in-law = Wife
Fathers wife = Mother
Son of mother = Brother
56. 5; The lady in question is Aruns brothers daughterin-law. Thus Arun is father-in-laws brother of
the lady.
57. 2; Rohits daughters father Rohit.
Mother of Rohits daughters father Rohits
mother.
Son other than Rohit of Rohits mother Rohits
brother
58. 4; My fathers wife my mother

Daughter of my mother my sister.

Brother of my sister myself or my brother
59. 1; Anils gr andf ather s only sons wife = Anils
mother, Anils mothers daughter is his sister.
Therefore Anil is the girls brother.
60. 3; Photograph is the son of Akhils mothers only
son.
or, Photograph is the son of Akhil.
or, Akhil is the father of the boy.
61. 1; Ones grandfathers only son ones father. And
the son of ones father Ones brother or oneself.
Hence, the mother of the boy is Meenas mother.
62. 3;
Veena
**
*
( ) ( ) ( )
|
|
Kedar ()
Nitin

Hence, Kedar is Veenas nephew.

63. 1; Son of Namratas grandfathers only child is
Namratas brother
64. 2; Girl is daughter of the only child of Abhisheks
father or, Girl is daughter of Abhishek
Hence girl is daughter of Abhiseks wife.
65. 1; W oman = daught er o f Nir mal's wif e's
grandfather's only child
= daughter of Nirmal's wife's father
= Nirmal's wife
66. 4; Girl = the only daughter of Arun's grandfather's
son
= the only daughter of Arun's father or uncle
= Arun's sister or cousin

Exercise2
1. 1; X (+) L (-)
|
P (+) K (-)
|
H R (-)
Hence, H is the grandson of X.
2 . 3; Father of the father of Amrendra Grandfather
of Amrendra. Now, t he wif e of t he son of
Amrendras grandfather is either aunt or mother
of Amrendra. Hence, Raju, who is the son of the
lady, is either brother or cousin.
3. 5; Pankaj (+) Rekha (-) Rahul (+) Suman
Hence, Suman is brother of Pankajs brother-inlaw. Hence no direct relation can be determined.
4. 2; Mother-in-law of father
= (Maternal) grandmother.
Since X is son of Zs maternal grandmother, X
must be Zs maternal uncle. Note that X is a male
because he is a father.
5. 3; It is clear from the diagram below

6. 1; If we represent the information diagrammatically

it becomes

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F (+)
|
() C A(+) B
|
D E ()
A is uncle of D
7. 5; Q can be either brother or sister of P, but since
sex of Q is not known, the exact relationship
cant be determined.
8. 1; If Bs mother is mother-in-law of As mother, so,
As mother is daughter-in-law of Bs mother.
9. 1;

P Q
Son
Daughter
RT
\ A / Daughter
Thus P is the grandfather of A.
10. 4; Mother-in-laws husband Father-in-law. Fatherin-laws only daughter wife. Wifes sister-inlaw sister.
11. 1; A B
(+)
|
C D
(+) ()

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Verbal Reasoning (Commonsense Reasoning)

12. 5;

15. 1;

16. 3;
13. 1;
T (+)
D(+)

F (-)
M(-)

R(+)

Thus, D and R certainly are sons.

17. 3;

K
(+)

T (- )

14. 4;

D(+) B M (+)

D is either son or daughter of T.

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